A big day for pensioners Wednesday, 10 April, 2024 Some residents have said they were surprised there was nothing in the 2024 Budget about pensions. And in one sense they’re right - because the two main decisions had already been announced earlier: Increasing the State Pension by 8.5% on the 8th April. Maintaining the Triple Lock Let me focus on these points in turn. ...but two confessions first: First, I used to run a pensions business. There is... Articles
Happy Easter story: Gloucester made blanket for the Duchess of Sussex’s baby 18th April 2019 95 year old Gloucester City Centre resident Patricia Skelton has knitted a 450 stitch blanket as a present for the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex... Articles
Gloucestershire Constabulary dogs and horses get more legal protection 18th April 2019 Last summer Gloucester MP Richard Graham met Gloucestershire Constabulary’s PC Claire Todd with Police Dogs Quest and Stella and Police Horses Boris and... Articles
It's time for a gambling levy and greater protection for online gamblers 16th April 2019 The ultimate sadness of any addiction is death from self-abuse or suicide. So how serious is the situation? The answer is we simply do not know. The only... Local News
Some new and positive changes for Gloucester residents 5th April 2019 Driving recently with a constituent down the fabulous Spring blossom on Thatcham Avenue, I explained some of the changes that affect her family this April. ‘Oh... Local News
Gloucester MP leads campaign for Fair Funding for Further Education 4th April 2019 Gloucester’s MP Richard Graham summarised the debate in his name on Further Education funding by saying to some 50 MPs and the Skills Minister that this was a... Local News
Update on Leaving the EU 1st April 2019 This is a general note to all who’ve e mailed or otherwise contacted me about the issue of our Leaving the EU, which I’m making available to ALL my constituents... European News